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Table 2

Clinical symptoms of party participants during outbreak of gastroenteritis associated with Escherichia albertii, by pathogen identified, Japan*

Symptom

E. albertii, n = 21†

E. albertii and E. coli O183:H18, n = 7

E. coli O183:H18, n = 3

None,‡ n =11§

Diarrhea

17 (81)¶

7 (100)§

1 (33)

4 (36)

Abdominal pain

16 (76)¶

6 (86)§

2 (67)

3 (27)

Nausea

5 (24)

5 (71)§

0

1 (9)

Fever

8 (38)

4 (57)

2 (67)

4 (36)

None

1 (5)¶

0

0

5 (45)

*Values are no. (%). None, negative for both pathogens. †One symptomatic person was excluded because no clinical record was available.‡Negative for both pathogens.§One person was excluded because no clinical record was available.¶A 2-tailed Fisher exact test (p<0.05) showed significant differences between the groups from which E. albertii or E. coli O183:H18 was isolated and the groups from which they were not isolated.

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